WEBVTT THE RECOUNT. >> IT DOES UNDERMINE THE CONFIDENCE IN THE WHOLE PROCESS. CLAIRE: A VERY EMOTIONAL LISA LEWIS, VOLUSIA COUNTY’S SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS, KNOWS THAT THIS NEW BALLOT ISSUE, AN UNDERCOUNT, WILL ONLY PILE ON TO DOUBTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE MIDTERM VOTING PROCESS. THE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN LOCKED UP SEALED, NOBODY HAS TOUCHED THEM , SINCE ELECTION NIGHT UNTIL WE STARTED THIS RECOUNT. SO THEY ARE, THE BALLOTS ARE HERE. IT IS IN THE MACHINES. CLAIRE THE ISSUE ACCORDING TO : LEWIS IS WITH ONE OR TWO MACHINES THAT JAMMED. HERE’S A BALLOT JAMMING IN A MACHINE’S S CONFIGURATION. HERE’S ANOTHER ONE THAT JAMS GOING INTO THIS ORDER. WHEN TEAMS FINISHED THE STATE-ORDERED RECOUNT, THE NUMBERS FOR MAIL IN AND EARLY VOTING BALLOTS WERE OFF BY 240 SO 240 MAIL IN AND EARLY VOTING BALLOTS COUNTED UNOFFICIALLY ELECTION NIGHT DID NOT REGISTER IN THE RECOUNT. >> WHEN THE JAM GOES THROUGH AND WE THINK THAT IT HAS COUNTED IT TRULY HASN’T IN SOME OF THOSE BATCHES THAT WERE JAMMED. THE BALLOTS IN DISCREPANCY DON’T FAVOR ONE PERSON OR PARTY OVER ANOTHER. CLAIRE: IT’S A PRETTY EVEN SPLIT WHICH IS WHY OFFICIALS ARE , CERTAIN IT’S A MECHANICAL ISSUE AND THINKING AHEAD VOLUSIA , COUNTY BROUGHT IN VENDOR SUPPORT SO A TECHNICIAN IS ON-SITE. THERE WILL STILL BE JAMS, DUST BUILDS UP AS BALLOTS GO THROUGH AND SOME OF THE BALLOTS ARE GETTING WARN OUT FROM THE NUMBER OF TIMES THEY’VE GONE THROUGH, BUT THE SUPERVISOR SAYS ALL EYES ON THE MACHINES -- ALL EYES ARE ON THE MACHINES. >> IT’S WATCHING THE SCREEN TO SEE WHERE THE JAMS ARE TO MAKE SURE IT’S COUNTED OR NOT COUNTED AND THEN WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. CLAIRE: THIS SECOND RECOUNT ON

Advertisement

Volusia County finishes with recount and finds different results

Share

Shares

Copy Link

{copyShortcut} to copy
Link copied!

Updated: 7:58 AM EST Nov 14, 2018

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. —

The Volusia County Supervisor of Elections is blaming a machine problem after a recount yielded different election results.

Officials said Tuesday that the recount was finished on Monday night and that different results had been found. Officials said a second recount is underway.

Advertisement

Officials said they believe the change in results comes from how the ballots were entered during the recount. The discrepancies were on early voting and vote by mail ballots.

Workers reported having trouble with machines jamming and though the ballots went through, the machine didn't count 240 of them.

Three state races and two local races were impacted. Officials said the ballots in dispute don't favor one person or party over another.

All 67 counties face a Thursday deadline to complete recounts.

The recount was ordered Saturday in three statewide races after unofficial results showed Republican former U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis leading Democratic Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum by 0.41 percentage points in the race for governor and Rick Scott leading Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson by 0.14 percentage points for the Senate. A recount has also been ordered in the race for Commissioner of Agriculture between Nikki Fried and Matt Caldwell.

Volusia County is also recounting votes in the race for State House district 26 between Elizabeth Fetterhoff and Patrick Henry.